Daddy's BDay

Kirk celebrated his birthday on Oct. 6. Tessa was very excited to help make a cake for him, as you can tell. She didn't want to put the "candies" (sprinkles) on his cake, just eat them off the plate! It was a very laid back day, I wanted to do more, but with Ashley being only 5 1/2 weeks old, I thought I did great to cook dinner and make a cake! Kirk, I hope you enjoyed your birthday!

Growing So Fast

Ashley LOVES her binky!

And I mean really really loves it!

Time goes by sooo fast. It's crazy. Ashley will be 2 months old this week. She is getting so big so fast. I weighed her (and myself...eek) last week, and she came in at 10 and a half pounds. I'm not going to tell you what I came in at!

Ashley is fun. She is going to be a happy little girl, she smiles so much now and has started batting at hanging toys. She has began rolling over, from her stomach to her back. Tessa didn't do this till she was like 8 months old or something, she was a lazy baby, she never even crawled, she just hated her stomach! But Ashley loves it. I try to give her "tummy time", but she just lays there on her stomach and falls asleep, happy as can be!

Her are a few pics of Ashley and Tessa...

Watching TV, Tessa's favorite pastime.

Tessa is a very hands-on and up-close kinda sister.

CopyCat

We wondered how long it would take for this moment to happen...

Welcome Baby Ashley

We took Ashley's newborn pics on Saturday. Some are posted on my friend Amy's blog www.amyharrisonphotography.blogspot.com I absolutely LOVE the picture of her sucking her cute little thumb! And again, Amy has done an amazing job! Thank you Amy!!!

Entertainer of the Year

Tessa has learned the fine art of dancing and singing!

Singing 1 through 10.

Singing the ABC's. My favorite part is the "That's great" at the end of the song!

1 to 10

Tessa has learned to count from 1 to 10. We are so proud! Who ever thought you could feel such pride in such a simple thing. She likes to look through books and count pictures, like pieces of candy or animals. She is growing so fast, it's amazing. Makes me glad to have a new little girl because Tessa is becoming a big girl :)

Toes

Tessa loves baby Ashley's toes, and ALWAYS wants to see them!

Just Pictures

Laura's last few moments being pregnant with Ashley.

Daddy and Ashley.

She is always sleeping.

So small in her huge carseat.

Tessa holding "Baby Ashley".

Tessa kissing her new baby sister.

Tessa and Baby Ashley

Tessa loves her baby sister Ashley, especially her hair bows!

Tessa with Grandma and Ashley.

Thumb Sucking

Ashley Jane Lydia Lela Guadalupe Isabel Johnson

Well the day has arrived. I have been given the task to update the blog site (this is Kirk). Our daughter was born this morning at 7:49am. There were no complications with the c-section. She weighs in at 6 lbs 11 oz and is 18 1/2 inches long. We couldn't decide on a name yet so we just decided to use every name on our list. We will actually probably decide on a name tonight or tomorrow after Laura gets some rest.
I have taken a lot of pics but in all our preperations we forgot to pack the USB cable to download the pics. Sorry. Tessa is thrilled to have a baby sister. She refers to her sister as "Tessa's baby". We will have to make sure she isn't too helpful with the baby. It is very cute to watch her interact with our new one.
Mother and baby are doing great. I'm sure Laura will be posting something tomorrow after she has gotten some rest. Stay tuned for pics and the decision of the name.

Baby Update

2 days to go!!! Wow, it has went by so fast. It's strange, because part of me, well, most of me, is tired of being pregnant. But the other part of me is sad that I only have 2 days left to be pregnant. It's odd that I feel that way, but I enjoy feeling girl #2 moving around in my belly. With Tessa, we were so excited for her to come out so we could see her. But this time, since Tessa is here with us, I just kinda enjoy the pregnancy more because I am not as anxious about having baby #2 here right now.

Anyways, tomorrow is cleaning day, then Tuesday I pick up my mother and step-father from the airport. They will be staying with us for the next 2 weeks to help with Baby and Tessa. Then on Wednesday morning at 5:30 am, Kirk and I head to the hospital. At 7:30, we go in to the OR and have our baby girl! How crazy to think that this is all planned out, that we know what is going to happen at every moment. The only thing we don't have planned is her name. We have a few we keep tossing around, the list probably has about a dozen names on it, but we aren't set on anything in particular yet.

So, check in Thursday or Friday for pictures and all the details of Baby Girl #2!